32 Facts About Charlotte Flair

Charlotte Flair is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Charlotte Flair.

Charlotte Flair made her first appearance in professional wrestling alongside her father in World Championship Wrestling in 1993.

Charlotte Flair is a 14-time women's world champion, having held the WWE Divas Championship once, of which she was the final holder, the WWE Women's Championship a record six times, of which she was the inaugural holder, and the SmackDown Women's Championship a record seven times, with the latter now known as the Women's World Championship.

Charlotte Flair has held the NXT Women's Championship twice and the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship once, making her a Triple Crown Champion and Grand Slam Champion.

Charlotte Flair won the Royal Rumble match in 2020 and 2025, becoming the first woman to win multiple Royal Rumble matches.

Charlotte Flair has an older half-sister, Megan, and an older half-brother, David, while her younger brother Reid died on March 29,2013.

Charlotte Flair attended Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, playing volleyball in the 2005 and 2006 seasons before transferring to North Carolina State University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in public relations in Spring 2008 while being a certified personal trainer prior to becoming a wrestler.

Charlotte Flair made her first appearance in professional wrestling at the age of seven, appearing in a vignette with her father at the World Championship Wrestling pay-per-view Starrcade '93: 10th Anniversary.

Fliehr adopted the ring name Charlotte Flair and had her first televised singles match on the July 17,2013, episode of NXT, where she defeated Bayley.

In late 2013, Charlotte Flair formed a tag team with Bayley, and the two defeated Aksana and Alicia Fox on the September 4 episode of NXT.

Charlotte Flair retained the NXT Women's Championship against Banks at TakeOver: R Evolution on December 11, and in rematches that took place on the December 25 and the January 21,2015, episodes of NXT, respectively.

Charlotte Flair won the match by disqualification after she pinned Brie due to the twins switching places, causing Nikki to retain her title and beat the record in the process.

On May 2,2017 on Smackdown, Charlotte Flair aligned with Becky Lynch and Naomi against The Welcoming Committee, turning face in the process.

Shortly afterwards, Charlotte Flair competed at Money in the Bank, as part of the first ever women's money in the bank ladder match, which was won by Carmella.

Towards the end of 2017, Charlotte Flair aligned with Becky Lynch and Naomi to feud with the debuting Riott Squad, after the three attacked them shortly after their debut.

At Fastlane on March 11,2018, Charlotte Flair defeated Ruby Riott to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship and was challenged by Royal Rumble winner Asuka.

Charlotte Flair later defeated Carmella to be inserted into the championship match between Carmella and Lynch at SummerSlam, making it a triple threat match.

Shortly after WrestleMania, Charlotte Flair continued her feud with Lynch over the SmackDown Women's Championship, stating that she had not been defeated at WrestleMania.

Charlotte Flair called herself "the greatest female superstar of all time" a week later, and entered into a short storyline with WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus.

Five days later on SmackDown, Charlotte Flair dropped the title back to Bayley.

On January 26,2020, at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Charlotte Flair won the annual Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Shayna Baszler.

Charlotte Flair then began a feud with Lacey Evans and her father, Ric Charlotte Flair, who began to interfere in her matches.

Charlotte Flair entered the Women's Royal Rumble match on January 29,2022, being the last woman eliminated by the returning Ronda Rousey.

Charlotte Flair defeated Rousey in under a minute to win the title for a record-setting seventh time.

At WrestleMania 39 Night 1, Charlotte Flair lost the title to Royal Rumble winner Rhea Ripley in a critically acclaimed match, ending her reign at 92 days.

At Fastlane, Charlotte Flair failed to win the title in a triple threat match against Asuka and defending champion Iyo Sky after the referee was distracted by Sky's Damage CTRL stablemate Bayley and did not see Charlotte Flair forcing Asuka to submit.

On September 5,2008, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Charlotte Flair was arrested for assaulting a police officer, after a fight involving her then-boyfriend and her father.

Charlotte Flair pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to 45 days in jail, which was reduced to supervised probation and a $200 fine.

From May 2010 until February 2013, Charlotte Flair was married to Riki Johnson.

From 2013 to October 2015, Charlotte Flair was married to English wrestler Thomas Latimer, better known as Bram.

Charlotte Flair began dating Mexican wrestler Manuel Andrade Oropeza, better known as Andrade, in February 2019.

Charlotte Flair filed for divorce in June 2024, and the divorce was finalized that October.